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News Release from: Photron USA | Subject: Fastcam SA-1 Camera
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 January 2007
Camera features 5,000 full mega pixel
resolution
Photron, a global leader in high speed imaging systems and image analysis software, has introduced the breakthrough Fastcam SA-1 Camera featuring 5,000 full mega pixel resolution frames per second.
Photron, a global leader in high speed imaging systems and image analysis software, has introduced the breakthrough Fastcam SA-1 Camera featuring 5,000 full mega pixel resolution frames per second Photron's revolutionary CMOS sensor technology has resulted in a new, unprecedented high speed benchmark for slow motion video imaging with true 12-bit resolution and two-microsecond global shuttering
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 4 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Full control via Gigabit Ethernet or remote control via the accompanying keypad with built-in LCD display offers great flexibility in high speed imaging tasks.
Lightweight and compact, the Fastcam SA-1 is DC-operated with SDI and RS-170 video outputs.
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